Category Archives: Canada
The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them
OTTAWA - The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party's grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in the April electio...
Nov 29, 2025
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...
Nov 28, 2025
Fact File: How Canadian accounts got swept up in X's location feature accuracy issues
Last week the X platform, formerly Twitter, began its rollout of a new location feature meant to disclose which country account holders post from. It aimed to increase transparency on the platform and...
Nov 28, 2025
'Prime conspirator' arrested for shootings at Kap's Café in B.C., Indian police say
SURREY - Police in Delhi say they've arrested the "prime conspirator" behind a series of extortion-linked shootings at a B.C. caf, who they say fled to India after being charged with multiple offences...
Nov 28, 2025
Most assisted deaths in Canada come after cancer diagnosis, annual report finds
OTTAWA - Most people who chose medical assistance in dying in 2024 had a cancer diagnosis and were over the age of 70, new data from Health Canada shows. The country's annual report on medical assista...
Nov 28, 2025
Transit workers in Montreal announce overtime strike through holiday season
MONTREAL - Montreal transit workers are set to go on strike again next month amid a prolonged labour dispute. The transit agency's 2,400 maintenance workers say they will refuse overtime hours between...
Nov 28, 2025
Montreal borough mayor calls destruction of homeless encampment a misunderstanding
MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal borough says she has ordered an investigation after city workers destroyed a homeless encampment earlier this week. Christine Black says workers were sent to the sit...
Nov 28, 2025
CPAC says it's at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision
OTTAWA - The video service that has been providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events since 1992 says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. "Our equipment is in an imminen...
Nov 28, 2025
Anand says Global Affairs cuts won't harm consular access for Canadians abroad
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won't affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies. "I'm confident that these re...
Nov 28, 2025
Investor's case against mining firm over timely disclosure can proceed: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback. In its...
Nov 28, 2025